SummaryThe Lost City of Atlantis Has Been Found! A secret group of scientists have discovered the location of the famous lost city of Atlantis, but it's not on Earth. It's located in another galaxy altogether, the Pegasus galaxy. Stargate Atlantis, a spin-off from the highly successful Stargate SG-1 series, follows a multinational scientific ...
SummaryThe Lost City of Atlantis Has Been Found! A secret group of scientists have discovered the location of the famous lost city of Atlantis, but it's not on Earth. It's located in another galaxy altogether, the Pegasus galaxy. Stargate Atlantis, a spin-off from the highly successful Stargate SG-1 series, follows a multinational scientific ...
Less silly than it sounds, Atlantis accomplishes the basic task of rejuvenating the Stargate action-adventure premise. ... Most importantly, it's Stargate without obnoxious SG-1 star Richard Dean Anderson, which instantly makes it twice as good. [16 July 2004]
This was one of my favorite shows and I still miss it. The next Stargate show (SGU) killed any chance for a new show, I can still watch SGA on dvd. The cast of SGA seemed to have a chemistry, the action and humor were great.
This continuation of Stargate is even greater than Stargate SG-1. It’s more innovative, emotional and epic.
The pilot might be the most incredible episode I’ve ever seen. It truly is a great pilot and it really manages to get the audience interested in the show. The best episodes are: "Rising (Part 1 & 2)", "Underground", "The Storm (Part 1 & 2)", "Before I Sleep" and "The Siege (Part 1 & 2)". There are no boring episodes at all in this first season. That’s something all the Stargate SG-1 seasons combined can’t achieve. The actors are highly entertaining and I really like the humor between them, it’s very similar with SG-1. The characters got great chemistry and the script is well adapted with the events in the show. Just as the actors are the action sequences incredible. The soundtrack is **** awesome; it really gives the show a touching and epic feeling. The villains are like the Goa'uld: unreasonable and dangerous. Just how villains are meant to be.
I totally love this TV-show. It’s truly awesome.
The average score for each episode is: 8.15.
Stargate Atlantis: Season 1 gets a 9/10.
As TV science fiction goes, there's nothing particularly bad about this spinoff from the long-running Stargate series. On the other hand, there's nothing particularly good about it either. [15 Jul 2004]
At first glance in the two-hour pilot, none of the actors comes close to the robust presence of "SG-1" star Richard Dean Anderson, while the show relies on the technology and special effects that can send noncultists fleeing. (Good luck trying to fathom the setup, too, if you're not already "Stargate"-versed.) [11 Jul 2004]
Tonight's two-hour season opener is tedious. The interiors -- an Antarctica set and the Atlantis set -- are heavy on Art Deco game-show décor, and the shadowless tableaus make even the live-action sequences look computer-generated.
Surprised this show got cancelled when it did, I was sad about that. This show is great, and the characters are awesome, especially Rodney McKay. It had that old time Sci-Fi cheese to it, and brought back memories. This show is probably in my top ten favorites no doubt, and always will be. I have bought every season on DVD, and intend to show my children real Sci-Fi and I ask all of you to watch this also. The story and premise of this show twists and turns and leaves you feeling sad at times and also has some really great humor in it, which really builds character. I cared about every character on the show. Great show, always will be.
A brilliant show, which managed to keep some of the oldtimer sci-fi cheesiness while expanding into the areas of character psychology, A-level acting and very good, credible storylines, arcing across whole seasons. It has high production values, a truly killer cast, and added coolness for all the original SG-1 character appearances. I believe this was the best of the Stargate series, and as far as quality sci-fi shows go, it is still up there with BSG.
It is a successful spin off that has the strengths of the original show and is unique enough to feel refreshing. I said a lot in my reviews that a strength of the Stargate show is the set up of characters and arcs. Many things will be build up and have impacts or developments in later seasons or were prepared in previous seasons to unfold. Then we have the actors. Joe Flannigan as John Sheppard, Rachel Luttrell as Teyla Emmagan, David Hewlett as Dr. McKay, Torri Higginson as Dr. Weir or Paul Mac Gillan as Dr. Beckett to name a few are amazing. They create a cast I was invested in and cared for which is a hallmark **** show. The story of season 1 starts after the events of Stargates season 7. There the city of Atlantis was discovered but they recognized later it is only an outpost while the actual city is missing. They deduce that the actual city is somewhere in the Pegasus galaxy far away (City is capable of space flight). Because it takes a lot of energy to create a wormhole to another galaxy they have just a small time window to send an expedition team there. They are practically on their own out there after leaving. So starts the story but they should asked why the ancients gave up their city or moved to another galaxy (Will be answered in the shows). I like the story, the new setting and menace. While there is a lot of familiar stuff there are also new rules. The new races, cultures and lore are interesting. Lets continue with my favourite episodes from season 1: “Rising part 1 and 2” for the set up, the Wraith and introduction of the characters, lore and rules. “Suspicion” for the whodunnit plot, distrust and solution. Last can feel a bit cheap to be fair. “Poisoning the Well” for the idea of the poison, moral dilemma and follow ups that are created. By the way the Hoffans are dumb. I would told that if I see anyone of the enemies anywhere near our world we spread the formula everywhere (and have agents out there that will do it). Honourable mention for “Underground” which introduces the Genii but those get far more interesting later on. “The Storm” and “The Eye” for the menacing situations, cat and mouse games / battles and climax. “Sanctuary” for the ideas, twist and conclusion. “The Siege part 1 and 2” for the epic climax, dire situation and solution. Overall a good start for a spin off and I give an 8/10. They manage to dampen the first season problems of other shows and have good episodes.